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So many meetings, so far away
[Autoposted while I'm in France]
Photo by M.V. Jantzen on Flickr.
From A to B, With a Stop at Z: Carsharing in the DC Region: Hear Ellice Perez of Zipcar, DDOT's Anna McLaughlin, and Arlington's Chris Hamilton discuss carsharing in Greater Washington. Refreshments at 6, program from 6:30-8 at NCPC, 401 9th St NW, 5th Floor. Organized by the Coalition for Smarter Growth. RSVP here.
16th Street Metrobus public meeting: The 16th Street line is being reworked to add express service and make other changes to improve reliability and reduce bus bunching (a huge problem on this line). There will be a second public meeting tomorrow, 6:30 pm at St Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 16th & Newton Sts NW.
17th Street Streetscape: DDOT will finally present its plans for 17th Street. The community participated in multiple workshops at the beginning of the year, but the feedback seems to have disappeared into a black box to turn into some kind of ultimate design. Wednesday, September 24th, 6 pm at Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500 16th St NW.
Capitol Hill Town Square community meeting: Fortunately for me, this meeting was moved to October 1.
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by Arlen on Sep 22, 2008 4:28 pm
The short story is that the original $11M contract was supposed to get the riders Smartrip auto reloading and transit passes, but WMATA got confused by a software upgrade, didn't require specific performance by the contractor, processed contract changes to spend an additional $13M, and ended up with an October 2008 due date and nothing to show for it.
Go check it out if you're interested.
by Michael P on Sep 22, 2008 11:43 pm